Tank Man
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| Gender | Male |
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| Other names | Unknown Protester; Unknown Rebel; Wang Weilin (alleged) |
| Known for | Tiananmen Square Protests |
| Movies/Shows | Tank Man |
| Nationality | Chinese |
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| ID | 535412 |
Tank Man Life story
The Tank Man is the nickname of an unidentified Chinese man who stood in front of a column of Type 59 tanks leaving Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989, the day after the Chinese government's crackdown on the Tiananmen protests.
Asian Games: China censors 'Tiananmen' image of athletes hugging
... Last year, a popular Chinese influencer s livestream, which took place on the eve of the 33rd anniversary of the massacre, ended abruptly after he showed his audience a vanilla log cake which resembled a tank - a reference to a iconic image of one so-called Tank Man, which shows a civilian with shopping bags standing in front of a queue of tanks, attempting to block them...
Tiananmen Square: Hong Kong police detain activists on anniversary of massacre
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China congress: How one man on a bridge marred Xi Jinping's big moment
... From Tank Man to Bridge ManSome have dubbed the mysterious protester Bridge Man, a reference to the anonymous Tank Man demonstrator from the 1989 Tiananmen protests...
Li Jiaqi: China Lipstick King sparks Tiananmen questions
... The most famous image is perhaps the one of so-called Tank Man, which shows a civilian with shopping bags standing in front of a queue of tanks, attempting to block them...
Tiananmen: Arrests reported in Hong Kong on anniversary of massacre
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Hong Kong: One of city's last Tiananmen Square memorials covered up
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Tiananmen Square: What happened in the protests of 1989?
... Who was Tank Man? On 5 June, a man faced down a line of tanks heading away from the square...
Pillar of Shame: Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square statue removed
... Media caption, Tiananmen s Tank Man: The image that China forgot...
Pillar of Shame: Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square statue removed
A famous statue at the University of Hong Kong commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre has been removed.
Construction workers worked overnight behind plastic barriers to dismantle the 8m (26ft) copper statue.
The Statue , called the Pillar of Shame, shows piled-up corpses to commemorate pro-democracy protesters killed by Chinese authorities in 1989 .
, " based on the latest risk assessment and legal advice".
The artwork - which features dozens of twisted bodies and anguished Faces - was one of Hong Kong 's few remaining public memorials to the Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
China forbids any public recognition of The Massacre . Beijing has recently moved to silence opposition to its rule in Hong Kong .
The Pillar of Shame, by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot, has been on display at the university's campus for 24 years.
Mr Galschiot said removing The Statue was " really brutal" and likened it to the destruction of gravestones.
" This is a sculpture about dead people and [to] remember The Dead people in Beijing in '89. So when you destroy that in this way then it's like going to a graveyard and destroying all the gravestones, " he told.
Mr Galschiot said he would consider suing The Authorities and demand compensation.
Late on Wednesday night, university officials fenced off the area around The Statue with plastic sheeting.
Reuters said dozens of workmen in yellow hard hats entered The Site . A crane stood nearby and construction noises could be heard.
Security Guards blocked reporters from approaching and tried to stop them from filming.
The university did not immediately respond to The Bbc 's request for comment.
Hundreds, possibly thousands, of demonstrators were killed by Chinese troops in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the summer of 1989 .
Tiananmen is still a heavily censored topic in modern China. The Anniversary was marked annually in Hong Kong until it was banned by authorities in 2020, citing Covid measures.
In October, in prison for taking part in the banned 2020 vigil.
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Tiananmen's Tank Man : The Image that China forgotSource of news: bbc.com
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